ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52461
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| Date: | Thursday 19 November 1942 |
| Time: | 14:52 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BR569 |
| MSN: | ON-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde between Vlissingen and Breskens, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
On 'Rhubarb' to Schouwen. Hit by Marine flak I/594.
Rhubarb – fighter or fighter-bomber sections, at times of low cloud and poor visibility, crossing the English Channel and then dropping below cloud level to search for opportunity targets such as railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft on the ground, enemy troops, and vehicles on roads.
Call Sign: ON-
Pilot: P/O. P.E.G. Durnford 128994 RAF Survived pow
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1912&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1942 | W3332 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel 5 miles NW of Berck, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
| 27 April 1942 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel north of Dunkerque, département du Nord | |
w/o | |
| 25 March 1945 | RK860 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | Kortrijk hamlet, Breukelen, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Feb-2011 23:11 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2012 10:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 17-Nov-2017 21:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 03-Nov-2020 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities] |
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